不是说了招待所见吗
“Didn't we say we'd meet at the guesthouse?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你怎么来了
“Why are you here?”
不是说了 招待所 见 吗
“Didn't we say we'd meet at the guesthouse?”
“It's late. I thought it might not be safe on your way there.”
“Why are you here? You shouldn't have risked coming all this way.”
Historically in socialist China, 'zhaodaisuo' were work-unit-affiliated lodgings where travelers stayed with letters of introduction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't we say / weren't we supposed to
A rhetorical framing used to point out a deviation from a previous agreement or statement.
guesthouse; hostel
A historical institutional lodging facility typical of mid-to-late 20th-century mainland China.
Forms a rhetorical question seeking confirmation and conveying mild perplexity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“All the taverns and residences claimed they never received Hu Da.”
“Didn't we agree to meet in the restaurant? I know it's hard”
“Weren't we supposed to meet at the restaurant?”